The Artemis Accords have been unveiled, but will their adoption be hurt by their rollout? Could Starship be more useful as a refueling station than a lander? Jason and Stephen get into these questions and more this fortnight.

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Large chunks of a Chinese rocket missed New York City by about 15 minutes | Ars Technica

Perseverance Rover Goes Through Trials by Fire, Ice, Light and Sound | NASA

Rover Cameras - NASA Mars

Op-ed | Toward a coherent Artemis plan - SpaceNews.com

Starlink Discussion National Academy of Sciences | SpaceX

SpaceX to test Starlink “sun visor” to reduce brightness - SpaceNews.com

NASA Artemis Accords

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NASA announces international Artemis Accords to standardize how to explore the Moon - The Verge

Outer Space Treaty - Wikipedia

Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 - Wikipedia